Consent (Hastings' Dictionary)

To c. is now no more than to ac- quiesce ; in earlier Eng. it often included approval. Hence (I) to a[)prove of a thing, Ac 8' ' Saul was c'"* unto his death ' (awcv5oK(u, so 22^ ; in Lk 11" tr'' ' allow ' — ' ye allow the deeds of your fathers,' IIV 'consent unto); Ro 7" 'I c. unto the law that it is good ' {<rviiipr]iu). Cf. Shaks. 1 Henry VI. I. V. 34— ' You all consented unto Salisbury's death. For none would strike a stroke in his revenge.

Or (2) to be in sympathy with a person, Ps 50" ' When thou sawcst a thief, then thou consentedst with him ' (ny-i) ; Ro 1"^, AVm, RV ' not only do the same, but also c. with them that practise them ' (avvevioKiu}, AV ' have pleasure in them '). Cf. Eord (1633)— ' "T had been pity To sunder hearts so equally consented.' J. Hastings.